Chief organiser of the event and head of fundraising for LWA, Michele Walker, said: “I’m really excited now we’ve packed the goodie bags and we’re all ready to go.

“We’ve struggled for marshals this year, but we’ve got enough now and many thanks to all those who are helping to put on the event. We’ve already had a lot of positive emails from runners telling us how much they’re looking forward to it.”

See next week’s Echo and www.loughboroughecho.net for a full report and pictures.